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Rudger Clawson photograph collection, circa 1900

Overview of the Collection

Title
Rudger Clawson photograph collection
Dates
circa 1900 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box
Collection Number
P0291
Summary
The Rudger Clawson photograph collection contains formal portrait photographs of Rudger Clawson as well as images of his family, the Utah State Penitentiary, and postcards.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Content Description

The Rudger Clawson photograph collection consists of 1 box containing primarily postcards. It also contains photographs of Rudger Clawson are made up of formal portraits of himself at various times in his adult life around the early 1900s. Also included are various portraits of the later Clawson family and Rudger. Some portraits taken by C.R. Savage. Images of the Utah State Penitentiary are copy prints from the Utah State Historical Society.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by topic.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Rudger Clawson papers (MS 0481).

Processing Note

Processed by Dale Larsen 1993 and by Mary Ann Curtis in 2000.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family

    • Description: Rudger Clawson
      • Photograph number 1: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1865.
      • Photograph number 2: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1874. photo by C.R. Savage
      • Photograph number 3: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1880s, photo by C.R. Savage.
      • Photograph number 4: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1898
      • Photograph number 5: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1912
      • Photograph number 6: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1912. Belfast
      • Photograph number 7: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1915. Chattanooga
      • Photograph number 8: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1927
      • Photograph number 9: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1930
      • Photograph number 10: Portrait of Rudger Clawson, circa 1930
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Portraits
      • Photograph number 1: Rudger Clawson in the mission field with Elder Joseph Standing (seated), circa 1879, photo by C.W. Carter.
      • Photograph number 2: Rudger, approximately age 2, with an unidentified older man.
      • Photograph number 3: Unidentified woman
      • Photograph number 4: Portrait of Florence Ann Dinwoody
      • Photograph number 5: Group of women
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Groups
      • Photograph number 1: Rudger Clawson in the middle of a family portrait
      • Photograph number 2: Rudger Clawson in the middle of a family tree
      • Photograph number 3: First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, October 1901. Joseph F. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Rudger Clawson.
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Utah State Penitentiary

      These are copy prints from the Utah State Historical Society

      • Photograph number 1: Utah State Penitentiary, Sugar House buildings
      • Photograph number 2: Utah State Penitentiary, Sugar House buildings
      • Photograph number 3: Utah State Penitentiary, Sugar House prisoners
      • Photograph number 4: Utah State Penitentiary, Sugar House prisoners
      • Photograph number 5: Utah State Penitentiary, Sugar House prisoners
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Lydia Spencer Clawson
      • Photograph number 1: Lydia Spencer Clawson, age 17.
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Postcards
      • Photograph number 1-14: postcards from Levan, Southport, and Heidelberg
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Postcards
      • Photograph number 1-29: postcards from the Alps, Waterloo, and The Giant's Causeway
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Postcards
      • Photograph number 1-36: postcards from Paris, Brussels, Edinburgh
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Postcards
      • Photograph number 1-24: religious and art realted postcards
      Container: Box 1, Folder 9
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Pearl Udall
      • Photograph number 1: Pearl Udall, circa 1900
      • Photograph number 2: Pearl Udall, circa 1900
      • Photograph number 3: Pearl Udall, graduation
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family
    • Description: Aztec Charts
      • Photograph number 1-4: "ancient Aztec Charts showing Lehi's travels"
      Container: Box 1, Folder 11
      Location: Portraits of Rudger Clawson and family

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Subject Terms

  • Book of Mormon--Geography--Maps
  • Polygamy--Law and legislation--Utah
  • Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  • Prisoners--Utah--History--19th century--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Clawson, Lydia S. (Lydia Spencer), 1861-1941--Photographs
  • Clawson, Rudger, 1857-1943-- Family--Photographs
  • Clawson, Rudger, 1857-1943--Photographs
  • Dinwoody, Florence Ann, 1864-1947--Photographs
  • Jesus Christ--Art
  • Nelson, Pearl Udall, 1880-1950--Photographs
  • Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918--Photographs
  • Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Apostles--Photographs
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Utah--History--19th century--Photographs
  • Utah. Territorial Penitentiary--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Switzerland--Pictorial works
  • Belgium--Pictorial works
  • France--Pictorial works
  • Germany--Pictorial works
  • Ireland--Pictorial works
  • Scotland--Pictorial works

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs
  • Portraits
  • Postcards
  • black-and-white photographs

Titles within the Collection

  • Book of Mormon--Evidences, authority, etc.

Finding aid prepared by Dale Larsen.
1993 (last modified: 2025)

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